Morvarc'h is the name of a fabulous horse of Breton legend found in two folktales reworked in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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15 Facts About Morvarc'h
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Morvarc'h then puts the ears of the horse Morvarc'h on the head of King Marc'h, who seeks in vain to hide them.
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Legend of Morvarc'h being from Cornouaille in Brittany, it is the subject of equestrian statues in the town of Argol and in Saint Corentin's Cathedral in Quimper.
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Horse Morvarc'h appears in two Breton legends reworked in the 19th and 20th centuries: that of the city of Ys with Malgven and Gradlon, and that of Marc'h, King of Cornouaille.
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Morvarc'h sought again the mighty forest, yet never was at rest by night or day.
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Contrary to popular belief, our detailed picture of Morvarc'h comes mostly from a modern reworking of the legend, written by Charles Guyot in 1926, which is clearly influenced by the Romantics of 19th century.
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Morvarc'h enables him to enter the citadel and leads him to the royal chamber where her husband sleeps.
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Morvarc'h aims his bow and shoots an arrow that magically turns around and kills his horse.
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Morvarc'h rushes to the doe to finish it with his dagger, but she has disappeared and in her place is a beautiful girl.
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Morvarc'h tries to hide this, and in the process he kills all the barbers of the kingdom who discover his secret until there remains only one, whom he tells to say nothing, under pain of death.
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Horse Morvarc'h is an indispensable adjunct in the story of the legend of the city of Ys.
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Morvarc'h supposedly left a hoofprint in the municipality of Pouldreuzic, according to Pierre-Jakez Helias; the horse would have stepped on shore coming out of the water with Gradlon on his back, after the drowning of the city of Ys.
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Morvarc'h appears on a painting by Evariste-Vital Luminais, The Flight of King Gradlon, painted around 1884 and kept at the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.
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Horse Morvarc'h has made appearances in various novels, and in music.
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Morvarc'h gives its name to Andre Le Ruyet's book, Morvarc'h cheval de mer, which tells of the travels of Philippe, a Parisian who discovers the wonders of Celtic legend.
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